The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is calling on the Minister for Arts & Heritage, Heather Humphreys, to reject a licence application for a 2015-16 hare coursing season. A decision on whether or not to grant the licence is expected in the coming days. Minister Humphreys has been made aware of the ongoing injuries and […]
Category: Polls
POLL: Should the slaughter of walrus in Alaska be stopped?
Federal agents are investigating a report this week of dozens of walruses being shot and killed, apparently for their ivory, along the coast of the Chukchi Sea in a Northwest Alaska refuge. Andrea Medeiros, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska regional office, said law enforcement agents with the service received a […]
POLL: Should the grizzly bear be taken off the Endangered Species List?
Chris Servheen knows why grizzly bears matter. Like millions of others, he and his two teenage sons make a summer pilgrimage each year to Yellowstone National Park to catch glimpses of these symbols of the U.S. West. “We treasure seeing grizzlies, and often we speak of how bears make the places we visit so much […]
POLL: Should the Western Australian shark cull be stopped?
There is a simple populist action that would quickly see a reduction in the numbers of sharks, including great whites, off the north coast of New South Wales. It would definitely cut down on the number of shark attacks – so far there have been 13 attacks, including one death, in the area this year, […]
POLL: Should the annual moose hunt in Sweden be stopped?
A mild-mannered monster of the Scandinavian forests is setting Swede against Swede as farmers and hunters bicker over how to coexist with the world’s largest population of moose. Hunting season will open in the south of Sweden on 12 October, when more than a quarter of a million Swedes will fell about 90,000 moose in […]
POLL: Should invasive species be eradicated in the EU?
Anyone caught exporting or possessing invasive species such as grey squirrels, ruddy ducks and water hyacinth in the EU will soon face heavy fines and confiscations, under a new blacklist filed at the WTO, which the Guardian has seen. Raccoons, Javan mongooses, and South American coypus are among the 37 types of flora and fauna […]
POLL: Should the wild bird trade in Southeast Asia be banned?
A cacophony of birdsong rings out from hundreds of wire and bamboo cages strung along awnings and crisscrossing the ceilings of cramped open-air stalls at Pramuka, Indonesia’s biggest bird market, in the capital, Jakarta. Thousands of wild birds—ranging from tiny brown finches and brilliant rainbow lorikeets to small-bodied, large-eyed owls—will be sold as pets to […]
POLL: Should the illegal slaughter of songbirds in Cyprus be stopped?
Only one road runs through the Cypriot village of Xylophagou, and the traffic rarely stops. There is a florist selling dusty ferns in pots, a hardware shop protected by a gaggle of surly-looking youths on mopeds, and a deserted fast-food outlet. The main parade ends at a cafe overlooking a roundabout that leads the way […]